FROM MUD WALLS TO MULTIMILLION-YUAN BETS
Born in 1981, Wang grew up in Anxi, one of Fujian province’s poorest counties then. Even there, his family stood out for their abject situation.
Neighbours recalled them living in a mud-walled shack and his parents scraping a living by selling rice. Relatives sometimes brought them food out of pity.
“They were extremely impoverished,” said a villager identified only as Li. “Everyone felt sorry for his poor family.”
As Anxi’s tea industry boomed in the 1990s, Wang allegedly cashed in by swindling buyers of tea-processing equipment. “Once you transfer the payment, (Wang) will block your number,” Li said.
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